American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

Species information

American crocodile eggs in nest © Ted Levin / Animals Animals	American crocodile eggs and hatchling © Ted Levin / Animals Animals	Two American crocodile hatchlings © Jim Doran / Animals Animals
American crocodile hatchling © Pierre Fidenci / Endangered Species International	Two juvenile American crocodiles © Jeff Foott / Discovery Communications, Inc.	American crocodile on bank © Adrian Hepworth / www.nhpa.co.uk
American crocodile © Bill Silliker, Jr. / Animals Animals	American crocodile basking © Jeff Foott / Discovery Communications, Inc.	American crocodile basking © Mike Wilkes / naturepl.com
American crocodile basking, showing gape and palatal valve © Lynn M. Stone / naturepl.com	American crocodile with open mouth © Klaus Nigge	American crocodile teeth © F. Polking / www.flpa-images.co.uk
American crocodile hind leg © Mike Wilkes / naturepl.com	American crocodile skin, showing texture © Klaus Nigge	American crocodile submerged in water © Jeff Foott / Discovery Communications, Inc.
Two American crocodiles in river shallows © Richard Edwards	Two American crocodiles on the bank of river © John Pontier / Animals Animals	American crocodile, with embedded porcupine quills © Richard Coomber / naturalvisions.co.uk